Entering its 4th year of implementation, the strategy sought to create an enabling environment for the Bank to pursue the Governance and Anti-Corruption agenda on multiple fronts and thereby increase the number of programs and projects that addressed these issues.

The goal of Poverty Reduction Support Credits (PRSCs), introduced in early 2001 under World Bank Interim Guidelines, was to help countries implement comprehensive, country-owned development strategies to promote growth, improve social conditions, and reduce poverty.

This is the Project Performance Assessment Report (PPAR) on four lending operations to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania from 1995 to 2000, to assist the country in developing the private sector and in restructuring public expenditure.